A WOMAN has left ht internet stunned after losing 8 stone in just 9 months with Mounjaro.
Jess, from the UK, says she is so much happier now and revealed how she is keeping going on her weight loss transformation.
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In one clip, she said she would easily eat 4,000 calories a day but now has a limit of 1,200 to 2,000 calories a day with a focus on reaching 100g of protein.
She said: “When I was at my biggest I could convince myself that I’d eaten healthily all day but at the same time racked up about 3,000-4,000 calories.”
Jess also said she does very light exercise while using the fat loss jab – aiming for 8,000 steps a day.
While Jess has changed her lifestyle around food, she doesn’t let calories dictate what she eats.
In her videos, she regularly goes out to eat still and aims to make healthier choices.
She added: “My next top tip is to make room in your diet for your favourite foods and to honour your cravings.”
“I’ve always personally found that whenever I’ve dieted before, I’ve just restricted and cut out different food groups, leading to me feeling miserable and craving foods I think I can’t eat.””
Instead of using the scales to calculate weight loss alone, Jess also recommends using measurements and tracking photos.
Jess continued: “Being able to emotionally detach from the scales and seeing my progress in other ways has been a huge mental help.
“Quite often I find when I’m in the middle of feeling frustrated that the scales aren’t doing what I want, that my measurements have actually gone down or that I notice something in the mirror that’s looking a bit different than before, which just goes to show that the scales don’t show all of your journey.”
“I don’t mind my loose skin, makes me feel proud,” Jess said in regards to her weight loss.
The clip has gone viral on her TikTok account @jesswlj with over 900k views and 27k likes.
People were quick to praise Jess on her weight loss journey and her advice.
One person wrote: “Omg wow!! Iv been debating with this for months now!! Think I just need to order it.”
Everything you need to know about fat jabs
Weight loss jabs are a hot media topic at the moment, with hundreds of success stories from people who shed the pounds.
In March 2023, the NHS announced it would make Wegovy, a drug made by Danish firm Novo Nordisk, available on prescription to thousands of obese Brits.
It contains the drug semaglutide, which is said to have helped reality star Kim Kardashian and X boss Elon Musk lose weight.
Wegovy, which helped a third of people reduce their weight by 20 per cent in trials, is now available from pharmacies like Boots.
How do they work?
The jabs work by suppressing your appetite, making you eat less and therefore lose weight.
To do this, semaglutide mimics the role of a natural hormone, called GLP-1.
GLP-1 is part of the signalling pathway that tells your body you have eaten, and prepares it to use the energy that comes from your food.
London GP and founder of wellgoodwellbeing.com, Dr Zoe Watson, said: “Your body naturally produces an appetite regulating hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1.
“These jabs work by regulating your appetite, which can lead to eating fewer calories and losing weight.”
Aren’t they diabetes drugs?
Semaglutide, the active drug in Wegovy, was originally sold under the name Ozempic specifically for diabetes patients.
But people started noticing it helped suppress their appetites, stopping them eating as much and helping them shed the pounds.
Novo Nordisk then developed Wegovy, which contains the same chemical but at higher doses specifically to aid weight loss.
Wegovy is not prescribed for diabetes patients.
Can I get them?
Wegovy is offered on prescription to obese adults given specialist weight loss treatment.
The NHS currently also offers a similar drug called Saxenda, or liraglutide.
Both are only available throught specialist weight management services, which means you have to be referred to clinics led by experts.
GPs can’t prescribe them on their own, Dr Watson said.
The jabs have to be taken as part of an overall programme to help with lifestyle changes and psychological support to get the best effect from the medication prescribed.
Are there any risks?
Like all medicines, the jabs do not come without side effects.
Around half of people taking the drug experience gut issues, including sickness, bloating, acid reflux, constipation and diarrhoea.
Dr Sarah Jarvis, GP and clinical consultant at patient.info, said: “One of the more uncommon side effects is severe acute pancreatitis, which is extremely painful and happens to one in 500 people.”
Other uncommon side effects include altered taste, kidney problems, allergic reactions, gallbladder problems and hypoglycemia.
What other options are there?
Mounjaro (brand name for tirzepatide) also came onto the market in early 2024.
Like Wegovy, tirzepatide stems from a drug originally designed to treat diabetes.
The weekly injection helped overweight people drop more than two stone in 18 months.
It is available to order with a prescription online from pharmacies including Superdrug and LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor.
It works in a similar way to Wegovy and Saxenda, but is more effective.
Dr Mitra Dutt from LloydsPharmacy says: “Based on clinical trials, 96 per cent of people were able to lose more than five per cent of their body fat using Mounjaro. In similar trials, 84 per cent of people lost more than five per cent of their body weight on Wegovy, and 60 per cent on Saxenda.
“Mounjaro works by activating two hormonal receptors (GIP and GLP-1), which enhance insulin production, improve insulin sensitivity, and work to decrease food intake.”
Another commented: “You were beautiful before but omg?!!! you look so happy and more youthful.”
“You are glowing and beautiful my girl. You look ten years younger and you can see how much happier you are,” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “Damn you look so totally amazing!”
“Well done girl you look fantastic,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “You should be SO proud of yourself. I’ve lost 43kg and I know how hard this is to change your life.”
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